Regional Green Building Case Study Project: A post‐occupancy study of LEED projects in Illinois Year 1 Final Report Fall 2009 A collaboration between With the generous support of Acknowledgements Several organizations and individuals contributed to the success of this project. Please accept our gratitude for helping to make this project possible: Project Supporter Grand Victoria Foundation Project Partners U.S. Green Building Council‐Chicago Chapter
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Green Technology Garrett Sisco INF103 Dr. Gold 3/21/2013 Green technology is technology that is environmentally friendly. There are many types of green technology. There is green energy‚ green transportation‚ and green construction. It is the future of our society. To have a healthier human population‚ a healthier Earth is needed. The amount of damage done to the Earth has been suspected to have caused global warming. Pollution must be decreased to decrease global warming‚ and by the increased
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Lies" Explains the truth and the false of O’Brien’s book. Argues that O’Brien’s book had some fake stories. This article explains the truth and the lies in the book The Things They Carried. The Great Gatsby April Iryan “Corruption of the Rich Based on the Great Gatsby” Iryan explains that there is corruption during the 1900’s Iryan focuses on the main point of corruption that went on during the time of the story. Corruption in this article is the main point being proved.
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Compare and contrast the presentation on the destructive nature of love and desire in The Tempest‚ The Great Gatsby and Rapture. (Word count 3081) The complexities of love and desire are repeatedly illustrated in all three texts. Shakespeare‚ Fitzgerald and Duffy depict the destructive nature of love and desire through the themes of greed‚ selfishness and obsession. These are conveyed through metaphors‚ similes and personification. The most prominent technique used by all the writers to demonstrate
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You hear the word recycling or going green many time trough the years. It is such an important environmental issue and yet‚ not much is done about this issue. If you ask a random person on the street what they think about recycling‚ they would say “it’s good for the environment.” Even though there are so many things said about going green or recycling‚ not much is done. Recycling can help the environment and we the creatures all around the world. Recycling is important for the environment because
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Jesica Jaramillo English III The Great Gatsby Essay 3/20/14 In The Great Gatsby novel Jordan and Nick are a couple and they stay in a relationship together until nearly the end of the summer. In the new movie Jordan and Nick are not considered a couple‚ at one of Gatsby’s parties Jordan is whisked away by a male companion. In the movie it shows Myrtles sister Catharine giving Nick a pill she said she got from a doctor in Queens and that does not come up anywhere in the novel. In the movie
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DAISY & THE GREAT GATSBY: WAS IT TRULY LOVE? Did Jay Gatsby love Daisy? I read The Great Gatsby in high school and‚ I’m sorry to say‚ I don’t remember much about it except that it was kind of romantic. And that billboard with the eyes of God staring down on everyone was unforgettable. But I just saw the movie and as I watched Leonardo DiCaprio’s great performance‚ my faith in Jay’s love faded by the minute. There’s no doubt that he made a great sacrifice for Daisy at the end of the movie – you
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Research Question: Why are new green building materials better than those that commonly exist from previous methods of construction? Applying the Green Matter to Construction Introduction Why does that one unique house in your area seem to be different than each stereotypical residence design? It could be because of the green building concepts that were used for its construction‚ seen as there are essentially countless sustainable practices being applied to construction in the world today
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AP English Literature 11 April 2012 Introduction Light Pollution Imagine. You’ve just reached home after a long day at work. You take off your shoes‚ place them neatly against the wall‚ change into loungewear and sink into the couch. Your eyes are weary so you dim the lights and turn on the television. Time passes by and you remain unmoved . Your skin seems attached to the fabric of the couch‚ the TV is low‚ creating a soft rumble to sleep to‚ accompanied by a faint glow in the darkening
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vividly depicted how life was during the Prohibition. Novels such as The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ and The Killers‚ by Ernest Hemingway‚ use symbolism throughout the story to portray the Prohibition. The use of symbolism that Fitzgerald uses to represent The Prohibition shows his understanding and familiarity with the topic. The Prohibition is used as a way to symbolize Gatsby’s wealth. In chapter 5‚ we see Gatsby attempting to persuade Nick into joining his business. “I thought you didn
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